Rail-tie.



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RAIL TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed. December 6, 1913. serial No. 805,114.

2 01112 whom it may concern it known that l, CARL Brno, a citizen {of the United ,dtates, residing at Brooklyn,

in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Rail-Ties,.of which the following is a specification.

The present-invention relates to improvements in ties for railway rails.

In carrying out my invention I propose to provide a tie which may be constructed entirely of metal, but which will afford the rails'the desired amount of resiliency so that danger of the breakage of the tie rails or-tie is effectively overcome, and further whereby the tie will embody all of the desirable features of the ordinary wooden tie, while obviating the wear and other disadvantages of the wooden ties.

I also aim. to construct a metallic tie which will be self sustained against either lateral or longitudinal movement when arranged within the roadbed, and to provide the szud 'tie with a resilient plate which is centrally connected with the tie and which is adapted to have rails secured to the free ends thereof, and so provide elastic or resilient seats for the rails.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a tie of this character which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity, thorough effectiveness, strength and 'chea ness.

W 1th the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

' In the accompanying drawings there have been illustrated simple and preferred em bodiments of the improvement reduced to practice, it being understood, however, that I am not restricted to the precise showing therein illustrated, but that I am entitled to all-such changes as fall within the scope of any elf-the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elcvation of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view upon a line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a top plan view of one end of the resilient rail supporting plate. Fig.

4 is a simple longitudinal. sectional view taken upon the line d l of Fig. 3, and illustrating a rail secured upon the plate. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view but illustrating a difierent means for securing the rail clip to the plates. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a difil'erent form of tie, the rails being sccured thereon. Fig. 7 is a sectional View upon the line 7-? oflfig. 6. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of one end of the rail supporting plate. 16 1g. 9 is a perspective view of the rail engaging clip. Fig. 3.0 is a perspective view of the holt. Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view upon the line f.l11 of Fig. 6. Fig. 12 1s a side elevation of another form of ties. Fig. 13 is a sectional view upon the line lid-18 of Fig. 12. Fig. 1a is a side view of a still further modified iorm of the tie.

Refennig now to the drawings in detail, and to Flgs. 1 to 5 in particular, the tie, in its entirety is indicated by the numeral 1. The 1 tie includes a body 2, preferably constructed of metal, and comprising a horizontal straight top 3, downwardly curved sides 4, ends 5 which have their opposite edges angular and which. terminate a distance be low the sides 2. The body, upon its inner face, is centrally formed with a longitudinal rib 5 which may connect with the ends 5, if desired. Arranged upon the top 3 of the bottom 2, and secured to the centriil portion thereof is a longitudinal extending fiat spring plate 6. illiis plate is of a length less than that of the body and has its ends bent or otherwise formed to provide rail plans engaging lips 7. The spring plate 6, at a suitable distance from its lips 7, is provided with an opening, the said opening, in Fig. 4, being wedge shaped or having its opposite walls inclined to receive the wedge shaped head 8 of a bolt 9, and the said bolt 1s adapted to project through an aperture formed in a rail engaging clip 10, and the said clip is sustained upon the bolt and plate 6 in engagement with the inner base flange of arail 11, through the medium of a suitable nut 12.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be noted that the plate 6 springs upwardly from the tie from its connection with the body 2, and so its rail receiving ends are spaced a suitable and desired distance above the flat top 3 of the body. Thus, it will be noted, the I lion with the desired n ni; when the ac deposited desired amount to insure the rails jug any shock be delivered wedge mern-- here may he ar ang d. beneath the plate 6 upon the hop of the body at points adjacent to the ceniri securing members for plate, so lLIu ends of ihe plate will be oppositely cle atcd the desired distance above the body 2., the said. wedges being in dicated by ill-3: numerals In practice, however, I have found that by constructing the spring bar 01 late 6 of the desired thickness and of aroper material the em ployment of wedges is not necessary, as the said plate of suili .-.icnl; strength to have its ends all 5; nos elevated above the body, and even when the weight of the rolling sizocl: is deposited thereon, the ends of the said plate will only slightly contract with the body,

l'n Fig. 5 the plate 6 is shown provided urn a threruled aperture hich is adapted to receive the threaded stem of a headed bolt lei, the said boll; having its head. bearing upon Lbe u; face of the rail clip 10. In F in E5 the tie bottom comprises a aving an op under face, the ends weight c i I thereon, 1th us,

of flexibility o1 extending below lube sides, and the top being 'iclined. from its center. toward both its sides and ends, having inclined corners directed to ihe sides being hidicated by the numerals l6 and chose extending to the ends being indicated by the numeral 17. The in. clined port'ms 16 pro? tie bottom ith a centrally disposed narrow flai; face or i it), and secured upon the upper face or e at points adjacent the center thereo is a spring rail receiving plate 19,, This plate of a width equaling that of the tie bolnzom, and is of a lenglch slightly less than "the length of the said body in its points of connecoody is inclined upwardly the ends or away from K, of the plaice. a men 4 4 or the said member having horizontally straight and Jed upwardly from the said. straight central portion, and furthermore ends of u plate upon which the rails are received may be also horizontally straight or in a plane with its central portion in order to support the port-ions of the plate extending eyond the cenbral flat narrow face of the tie body, I provide wedge shaped blocks or ridge members 20, the double faces of which corresponding to the eveled corners 1%, upon which -they are des ihe top of th adapted no lie, and whereby their upper faces are sustained horizontally straight, and in a plane parallel with that of the horizontal face of the tie body. The members 20 are provided with openings through which pass the securing bolts that retain the plate upon the tie bottom.

The plate 19, at the ends thereof, is provided with substantial rectangular openings 21, arranged in pairs, and the inner edges of the openings communicate with reduced rectangular slots 22. The walls of the slots .22 are beveled outwardly from their upper edges to receive the beveled or inclined'walls or sides 23 of bolts 24. The shape of each of the bolts is arranged eccentrically of its head, preferably being positioned adjacent one of the corners of thehead, and by such arrangement it will be noted that each of the bolts is susceptible to four different adjustments in accordance with the arrangement of the head of the bolt in its slot 22. The opening 21 is of sufficient size to permit of a head of the bolt being passed therethrough and guided therefrom to within the slot 22 and to have the beveled sides of its head engaged with the beveled walls of the said slot. The rail clips are designated by the numeral 25. These clips, each, comprises a substantially rectangularly body 26 and a rail engaging lip 27. The body, upon its the bolts passes. The upper face of the clip 25 is provided with an annular boss 30, which surrounds the opening 29, and the said boss on one of its sides, is formed with a depression 31, the side walls of which being inclined upwardly to the face of the boss, and the lower wall being rounded to the sidewalls. The depression 31 serves as a pocket for a metallic nut lock member 32. The member 32 has a concave upper face and a convex lower face and has its longitudinal sides beveled or inclined, and one of the said sides contacts with one of the bevelcd or inclined side walls of the depression 31. The convex lower face of the lock 32 lies, for approximately half of the width of the lock, upon the lower curved'wall of the depression, but the remainder of the saidlower face is raised above the remain: ing portion of the said lower wall of the depressioh, and the lock member being of an equal thickness throughout, the upper cor-v in the de ression 31 when the nut is screwed in a 100 'ng direction, while the tooth 33 will spring into engagement with the nut when the latter is screwed in an unlocking direction.

By providing the body with the inclined surfaces 16 and 17, it will be noted that an accumulation of dirt or ballast of the roadbed will be prevented, and that the spring ends of the plate 19 will not be interfered with while accomplishing their useful function, and it will be further noted that the lugs 28 lock the heads of the bolts within their slots.

i In Figs. 12 and 13 the tie body is substantially similar to that just described, With the exception that its inclined longitudinal corners 35 terminate in a point which is disposed centrally of the said tie body. Also, in these figures I provide a single saddle block 36, the under face of which is formed with a longitudinally arranged V-shaped depression 37 whereby the said block may snugl engage with the upper surface of the tie body. The block 36 is disposed centrally of the tie body, and is provided, adjacent its longitudinal sides,

with a plurality of openings Which serve as passages for securing bolts 38 that pass through registered openings in the inclined top of the tie body. The upper face of the block 36 is horizontally straight and provides a rest for the spring rail receiving and supporting plate 39. The plate 39 is of a width equaling that of the tie body, and is provided with openings through which the securing bolts 38 pass, nuts engaging with the said bolts for locking the plate 39 and the block 36 upon the tie body. By an 40 arrangement as just described a fiat horizontally straight spring rail receiving plate may be provided, as the said block 36 elevates the plate a suflicient distance above the top of the tie to permit of the ends of the plate yielding to the rolling stock.

In Fig. 14: the tie body is provided wlth an upper face that is horizontally straight at its central portion, as indicated bythe numeral 42, and the said upper face inclines downwardly from the straight central portion to the opposite ends of the tie. By this arrangement the spring rail receiving plate 43 may be flat throughout, and its central portion is secured to the central portion of the tie, the beveled portions on the upperi face of the tie providing sufficient space for the yielding of the ends of the plate.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the improvement will, it is thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention pertains without further description.

I claim 1. A metallic tie having a flat top, sides and ends, the corners of the tie being inclined, a flat spring plate secured centrally to the top of the tie, saddle blocks between the inclined corners and the under face of the plate, said plate having its ends elevated above the tie, means for securing rails to the said ends of the plate.

2. A metallic tie comprising sides, ends extending below the sides and a top which is inclined to its sides and ends, a saddle block arranged centrally upon the inclined top, a flat resilient plate extending longitudinally of the tie and secured to the saddle block, and means upon the opposite ends of the plate for securing rails to the plate. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- CARL BERG. Witnesses:

Jorm A. DoNNELLY, THEO. H. FRIEND.

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